Reduction of exposure of newborns and caregivers to very high electromagnetic fields produced by incubators

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-152

  Bellieni, C V ^a   Bagnoli, F ^a   Pinto, I ^b   Stacchini, N ^b   Buonocore, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ASL 7   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetism; Incubator; Iron; Mu metal; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; IRON;

DISPLAY PANELS; GENERAL POPULATION; INCUBATOR; IRON SHEETS; MAXIMUM EMISSIONS; PREMATURE INFANTS;

SHEET METAL;

ALLOY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; IRON; METAL; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD;

EID: 12844278572     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1829404     Document Type: Article

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